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Andrea Todd describes herself as a friend of Intervale farmers, member of several community supported agriculture shares, regular farmers market patron and a “big foodie.”

So when Tropical Storm Irene wiped out fields of produce at Burlington’s Intervale farms she wanted to help. But how?

“I was feeling sort of helpless after the flood, thinking I don’t really have the time down there to help with the flood cleanup. But I can host dinner parties,” Todd said.

Todd is using her connections in Burlington’s food world and cooking skills usually reserved for her weekly dinner parties at home to host three fundraisers to benefit the Intervale Center Farmers Recovery Fund.

Todd posted her idea for a dinner party on Facebook, which lead to an flood of interest, organizational support, kitchen space and food. The ingredients used in each dinner will be donated by area farms and businesses.

The first dinner, a buffet for minimum donation of $20, is tonight at Seventh Generation on Lake Street from 5 to 7 p.m. Todd is expecting a crowd of about 150. The space, which has a kitchen, was suggested by the wife of a farmer who works there, Todd said.

Each dinner’s price point and style is deliberate, said Todd, to allow as many as possible to join the cause.

The second event is a sit-down affair hosted by the Champlain Club and the Nomadic Oven on Sept. 25. Jen Smith, owner and baker at Nomadic Oven, will join Todd in the kitchen to cook for the multi-course, meal. By Thursday morning only a handful of the 40 seats ($40 donation) were available.

Smith’s pastries and desserts, including “really, really tasty blue cheese gougere with honey” will bookend a main dish of brisket donated by Cleary Family Farm or vegetarian stuffed, roasted squash.

The third dinner, at North End Studio, is a potluck featuring country fried chicken using birds donated by Rockville Market Farm in Starksboro.

Diners are asked to donate $10 and bring a fried-chicken worthy side dish.

Helping Todd coordinate the Old North End dinner are Jen Berger and Megan Humphrey. The list of donors and supporters for the three events is long. Todd doesn’t sound like a woman who’s spent the last week planning for three dinners, all of which will feed more people than she’s used to cooking for.